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Inside the CORE-MIS you have application programming interfaces (API) which allow interoperability with systems like the KoBo toolbox. Taking the example of Zambia where the entry point to the scheme already had an existing Management Information System supporting the cash transfer program. The CORE-MIS was brought in to fill up the gaps that this program presented. The payment platform was already built with a payment gateway that was interoperable with other payment service providers. The CORE-MIS in this case leveraged its interoperability module to connect with the other payment service providers.
The Reacting to a question by Olivier Praz, Thomas Ubah explains “The initial idea was to connect with the World bank funded programs, but now the CORE-MIS is going beyond working with World bank funded programs”this scope”.
ILO: The use of openIMIS in Bangladesh and Pakistan started with digitise and automatise the existing employment injury and compensation schemes which were created after some major industrial accidents that injured several workers. The system is now being expanded to cover workers within the "ready-made” garment industry. The goal is to provide a basis for the setting up of a universal employment injury scheme. Rodrigo Assumpcao refers to the example of Bangladesh’s LIMA software for labour inspection (run by the Ministry of Labour) to demonstrate the interoperability feature of openIMIS. openIMIS was connected to LIMA to get the data of registered enterprises (which are subjects to the inspections) instead of opting for the data that was provided by the ready-made garment association. This was in preparation for the expansion that was hoped for and the consolidation of data to one source for registered enterprises. Rodrigo Assumpcao concluded by saying “instead of building different databases to solve your immediate problems, try to contribute to the overall structure of the data environment or country of operation”.
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